69 SS nova big block car ????

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Some updated pics:

July of 2005, have the rear out and broken down, and all of the undercoating melted off the underside. An amazing amount of overspray under there - all the way into the tunnell!

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July of 2006:

No real progress on the rear, or the underside - but have welded up some holes in the trunk from air shock fittings and battery cables. Somebody was planning to race it at one time. No rust in the floors, trunk, tunnel, rockers... I love it!

It took about 6 hours to remove the paint, amazing what a straight razor blade in a pair of duckbill vise grips can do

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July 2006:

Benjamin was a little bummed that the green paint was gone, and that it was not running yet But, he got over it The digi-camera got dropped after this one

[nuch_ss396]

Marlin,

What's the story behind those odd yellow 1/4's on the
wall behind one of the latest pictures you posted?

Steve

[kwhizz]

Just have it done for next years Nova Nat's.......and I'm sure when it's finished it will be every bit as nice as the Yenko car.....

Ken

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Marlin,

What's the story behind those odd yellow 1/4's on the
wall behind one of the latest pictures you posted?

Steve

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Uhhh.... They fell off the other POS I own

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You didn't think I had given up on this did ya? Update:

I'm always thinking of ideas on how to find prior owners, or dealers. However, certain events can make it very difficult. One unfortunate event is when a car is repo'd early in it's life - such is the case with Benjamin's '69 Nova SS. The last title on record with the PA DMV shows a bank as the owner, that's not good bec/ the bank is gone as is the dealer that they sent it to in order to sell it for them.

One assumption that I'm making is that a bank that repo's a given car would send the car to the dealer that sold the car originally, saving the bank the trouble of selling/auctioning off the car. The dealer that received Benjamin's car within a few days of the bank titling it, was Sunderland Chevrolet in Lemoyne, PA - within miles of the bank which was located in Harrisburg, PA. Sunderland Chevrolet is no longer in business.

So, the next strategy is to find ex-employees, which I did through the help of a guy in New England who is the original owner of a '70 SS Chevelle from Sunderland. I spoke to an ex-salesperson, but didn't get very far. Late last week I was doing some more searching, and found a site showing the political contributions for some Republican campaigns (sorry Schoneye!). One such contributor was named Sunderland who made the contributions in the name of his car dealership, Sun Motor Cars (BMW, Merc.Benz & Porsche) located in the Mechanicsburg, PA area. I confirmed today that the owner of Sun Motor Cars is indeed the previous owner of Sunderland Chevrolet, and that they are willing to research the old Nova and see what they have/recall!

The search continues.....

[JRSully]

Marlin, while your at it I'll send you info on my 70 L78 Nova which was sold new in that area ( have the title and bank lean paperwork that shows it was originally titled in July 70 in Lititz PA. I think?) spoke to the 2nd owner who bought it off a used car lot, Title search went back to that owner ('76) that was I all I got. I have hit nothing but dead ends. Any bird doggin tips are appreicated. SULLY

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Sully, you have a PM.

No you don't bec/ you have too many! Cleaning time

[JRSully]

Marlin, I am just trying to get one car done (hopefully the 70 will be rolling out of Wayne's shop in less than a month). Next year's Nats @ Gettysburg or BUST. It's close, Myself, Kids and Wifey can do Hershey for a few days, it all works. Resend your PM, I didn't get it. Thx